Thank you for that trip back into a very dark corner of my memory. I had almost forgotten the whole circus of it all; right about then i was working in the hardware 'nearly true RNG' and had this whole can of worms happen right in the middle of an otherwise working setup. What fun.

That's as clear an explanation about the situation as I have ever read. I don't know the occasion to need to explain it to anyone else will arise, but when it does... or I may use it as example of the consequences of shallow communication when serious outcomes may arise. (Ill be sure to credit the source 'tialaramex' on HN)